The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-30
A YOUNG Lawyers TROUBLES.
james Kenrnsy iteturns to Now York nm,I
Dinkes It Lively for Ills Partner,


NEw YORK, March 20.-James Kesrney
the missing yonng Irish lawyer OF No. II
Pine street, recently Of tho firm OF 1hair
& kerrney, has returned to tho city and
he was down town to-day with his wife
prepared to make things decidedly blue
Tor Alexander THAN, the partner with
whom he is q. variance, and who wrote
Jndgo Van Brunton Saturday that Kear.
ney had fled from tho city. Mr.. kesrney
was seen to-day at tho oilico OF hia Coun.
eel, Roscoe Charming. IIo said that his
real estate transactions, all right, and
that instead OF owing 100000 OF debts
when h6 made "a assignment he owed
less than $4,000. When asked about the
suit Mr.. Thaiu had brought against him
70 secure an accounting he said that Mr.
Thain owod him $50, 200 instead of Kesr.
ney owing Thain $4,000, as the latter
alleges.
Mr.. kearney Haid he had paid tho Office
expenses Of 500 q week for the two years
the men wore in partnership, and that
this suit was friendly ono brought by
consent oil both Tor an accounting. The
most sorious accuBatlon made by Mr..
Thain on Saturday was that Mr.. keainey,
as referee in the partition suit OF Mrs.
Margaret Foster agains. Theodore NJ.
Roche, had lost $4,000 which William
Westley and tho Empire Bottling Com.
pany, az purchsserB OF the pieces Of pro.
perty belonging to the parties TO the suit,
paid down as v guarantee. Mr.. kearrey
explained thia to-day by saying that he
did wrong in dispoaing OF this money.
As directed by the Court. he should havc
depcsited 1t with trust company until
called for by Mrs. Fosters counsel; but,
instead, he allowed Mr. Thaiu to use tho
money Tor temporary purposes Bupposing
that he would, OF course, zee kearnsv
ont OF any trouble that might result. Mr..
kearney said this action crowded him for
money aud led Thain to take the course
which precipitated the assignment. Mr..
kearney said Mrs. Foster, however, would
get her $4,000.
a. B. Clark, Mrs Fosters counsel, called
at Mr.. Chsnning's office this morning
with q letter from Mr.. Thain to the eGecs,
as NJ. ksarney was appointed the referee
at Thain's request, the latter wished to Of.
ford evory aid in kis power to tho parties
detrauaed III getting return OF their
moneys. Mr.. CLARK said he WAS inclined
to take little stock in this letter. Mr..
heSrnoy has promised Mr. Clark that to.
morrow tho $4,000 duo Mrs. Foster will
be paid. Mr.. kearney's young wife, who
~as a school teacher, will furnish this
money. Air. kearney's assets will be SiS,.
900. and the liabilities not mora than
$1,000, he says, after Mrs. Foster 10 psid
MIR. kearney claims TINT Mr.. Thain took
$1,000 from BudGenssick as counsel for
him, promising to ''see him through" ;"
while he entered only $500 on the firms
books.
Judge Patterson, OF tho Supreme Court,
has grauted an attachment against keRr-
ney's property in the sui. brough. TO re.
cover 81 ~ s. Ger Chcries i. Fleming,
va" &Ne,es k.t ks.fneY his transferred
to lilo Nc, whom he married about yusr
ago, all his property, 80 that ut the tune Of
the assignment he owned nothing himself.